Re: YUI Compresser could produce shorter output

Code conventions aren t just about making code more readable . Anyone that attacks my post on that one single issue is taking part in a straw man. That is,

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Code conventions aren't just about "making code more readable".

Anyone that attacks my post on that one single issue is taking part in
a straw man. That is, instead of presenting a rebuttal based on the
argument at hand, you take another argument which is easier to rebut
and refute that one.

In this case, I never mentioned anything about the readability of the
code. And yet, a few posts only rebutted me on that point.

Classic straw man approach. ;)

--- In ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com, "crlender" <crlender@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ydn-javascript@yahoogroups.com, dav.glass@ wrote:
> > I used the wrong term (syntax error), to me code that doesn't run as
> expected is an error ;)
> >
> > So not putting the braces in and compressing the line could result
> in code that doesn't run as you want it to.
>
> Dav, I may be misreading you, but I don't see how the example I posted
> could be interpreted in any other way than the example with braces. The
> ECMAScript standard specifies how these structures are to be parsed and
> evaluated; any difference would indicate a (severe) bug in the script
> engine.
>
> Just in case, let me mention that I personally do use braces even if
> they're not necessary, but a compressor doesn't get any bonus points
> for readable output.
>
>
> - Conrad
>

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